I am David

Group assignments

1. Towns/cities at which David stops.

• Salonica• The little town

where he stayed a few days (in the cave)

• Naples• Milan• The farm (Maria)• Florence• Bologna (church)

• Lugano *• Artist woman

(Signora Bang)• Faido• The cruel farmer• Lucerne• Basle• Kolding• Copenhagen

2. Lessons that David learns

• Johannes had taught him always to say “thank you” and “please”, even to them (p 75)

• Signora Bang taught him that all suffering has an end (p 123).

• Johannes taught David never to say it was someone else’s fault – accept responsibility (forgive Carlo).

2. Lessons that David learns

• He learns never to be greedy because greedy people are unhappy.

• Johannes taught him to be himself because no-one can take that away from him.

• Johannes taught him that not all people were bad, so he must not judge people too much.

3. What makes David different to other children?• Compared to Maria and her brothers,

David loves reading and learning, they don’t.

• He does not know how to play (especially pretending to be someone else).

• He does not know how to smile.

• David takes life very seriously and tells Maria about the dangers in life.

• David likes to wash and stay clean, something other boys would not worry about.

• Red

• Blue

• Green (different tints)

• Gold

• The sea was a very blue colour